Analysis of Discharged

William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)



Carry me out
Into the wind and the sunshine,
Into the beautiful world.

O, the wonder, the spell of the streets!
The stature and strength of the horses,
The rustle and echo of footfalls,
The flat roar and rattle of wheels!
A swift tram floats huge on us . . .
It's a dream?
The smell of the mud in my nostrils
Blows brave-like a breath of the sea!

As of old,
Ambulant, undulant drapery,
Vaguery and strangely provocative,
Fluttersd and beckons. O, yonder -
Is it?-the gleam of a stocking!
Sudden, a spire
Wedged in the mist! O, the houses,
The long lines of lofty, grey houses,
Cross-hatched with shadow and light!
These are the streets . . .
Each is an avenue leading
Whither I will!

Free . . . !
Dizzy, hysterical, faint,
I sit, and the carriage rolls on with me
Into the wonderful world.


Scheme XXA BCBXXXXD XDXXEXCCXBEX DXDA
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 0101001 0101001 101001101 010011010 01001011 01101011 0111111 101 011010110 11101101 111 11100 10100100 1010110 11011010 1001 10011010 011110110 111101 1101 1111010 1011 1 1001001 1100101111 0101001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 771
Words 142
Sentences 23
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 8, 12, 4
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 149
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Ernest Henley

William Ernest Henley was an English poet, critic and editor, best remembered for his 1875 poem "Invictus". more…

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